Boston Daily Post 1905 Subscription Rates Notice
Publication from October 19 1905 lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions. Includes contact details for The Post Publishing Company and editor publisher Be A Grozier. Ongoing terms warn against sending cash and advise checks money orders payable to The Post Publishing Company.
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Acting Mayor Whelton Acts to Curb City Spending
Acting Mayor Whelton orders department heads to keep expenditures within appropriations. The annual financial stringency at City Hall risks a crisis as year end approaches with politics affecting spending. He aims to enforce legal limits before February 1906 to improve the city’s fiscal footing.
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McCurdy Refuses to Answer under Oath in Insurance Probe
The Mutual Life president McCurdy declines to testify to the legislative commission, calling the inquiry an inquisition. The Equitable case darkens as comptroller Jordan vanishes and his son testifies, while Hyde eyes future testimony. The graft collapse looms toward a likely final crash.
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Newport
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New York Commission
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New York
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Roosevelt Grants Free Hand to Dismiss Civil Servants
President Roosevelt amends Rule XII Section 2, allowing department heads to discharge workers for any reason deemed “inefficient or incapable.” The change ends detailed reporting and defenses, prompting fear among 25 000 Washington civil service clerks and those counting on job protections after past administrations.
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Immigrant Dishes and City Tales From Boston
Observant Citizen notes fare at the immigration station with dishes spanning spaghetti to pea soup. A Scollay square subway panic follows a large rat scurrying through a crowd of clerks. Leaves are revived as collectibles in Allston, and English football criticizes soccer as “divine.” A South End rider offers seats to women, wage talks aid Fall River, and workers talk about pinching to meet debts after a strike.
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Questioning the old discharge system in public service
The text debates reestablishing discharge by appointing power and calls for consideration of the current reform. It notes congestion from aging staff and asks whether reviving the prior method is worthwhile until the present scheme is perfected.
Roosevelt Opens Southern Tour With Richmond Speech
President Roosevelt began his long South tour with a Richmond speech that stressed sentiment and practical ethics. The talk avoided policy specifics, focusing on being good to be happy, and left anticipation for later addresses on administra tion aims relevant to the region. The itinerary promises a broad trip and a generous outing.
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Fenway Scandal Critiques Back Bay Work and Costs
The Good Government Association condemns Back Bay Fenway expenditures as excessive and inaccurately supervised. It accuses contract favoritism and faults the project’s management while noting a two summer stench and nuisance for nearby residents. Judgment awaits full facts beyond a single presentation.
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Back Bay
Insurance Investigation Scene In Courtroom Melodrama
A defense attorney challenges questions as irrelevant in a graft inquiry involving the Mutewell Company. Witness Urdy dodges probing prompts about salaries and contracts. The exchange features evasive answers about a so called yellow dog fund and ends with a cliffhanger as the judge seeks order and the case continues.
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Lost Heart and a Hoodoo Girl at the River
A youth recounts meeting Miss Richards at a golf club dance and a string of disappearances of cuff buttons a watch and a scarf pin. After a dramatic rescue of an old beggar in a rainstorm she consoles him as he confesses his own loss of heart. The tale ends with Miss Richards gifting her heart in place of his. Earlier, the brother reads Raffles.
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